Tuesday 17 September 2013 18.38 EDT
First published on Tuesday 17 September 2013 05.44 EDT

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First Nation dugout canoes arrive into False Creek during a gathering of All Nations canoes for a welcoming ceremony in Vancouver, British Columbia. The ceremony is part of a week-long gathering of Aboriginal peoples taking part in the Truth and Reconciliation Canada meetings. Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters

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A giant panda cub born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in August receives her first veterinary exam in Washington. Photograph: Courtney Janney/Reuters

A man holds the hand of an idol of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, during idol immersion ceremony in the Hussain Sagar lake during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. Photograph: Krishnendu Halder/Reuters

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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg votes in a slightly half-hearted way before Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury's keynote speech to the LibDem conferemce in Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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A wreath laid by US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during a ceremony at the Navy Memorial to honour the victims of the Washington Navy Yard shootings yesterday. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

Two men embrace after watching the wreath laying. Photograph: Keith Lane/Demotix/Corbis

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Bolshoi Ballet company artistic director Sergei Filin arrives for the launch of a new season of the company at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Filin returned to work, eight months after an acid attack that nearly blinded him. Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA

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Thick smoke rises from burning vehicles at the site of a car explosion on the Syrian border crossing of Bab al-Hawa, at the Syrian-Turkish border which is manned by Free Syrian Army members, in Harem, Idlib. Photograph: Reuters

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Friends and relatives stand next to coffins containing the remains of members of the Gallegos family after a landslide buried a home on the outskirts of Acapulco, Mexico. Twin storms, Manuel and Ingrid, have left scenes of havoc on both of Mexico's coasts. Photograph: Bernandino Hernandez/AP

Sir Bradley Wiggins in action on his way to winning stage three of the Tour of Britain, a 16km individual time trial in Knowsley Safari Park, Merseyside. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

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Harvesting grapes at the 'Mas de Chimeres' organic vineyard in Octon, in the south of France. Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA

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Workers prepare to assemble a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft and its nose cone on the left with the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle at an assembly area at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The craft is planned to transport the Expedition 37 crew, including Michael Hopkins of the US, to the International Space Station (ISS) on September 26. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Armoured personnel carriers approach a crime scene near Melk in Austria. A suspected game poacher shot two policemen and a paramedic after they tried to arrest him in woodland. Photograph: Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters

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Women in traditional costume from the village of Spakenburg wait for the Golden Carriage in front of the Ridderzaal in The Hague, The Netherlands. Photograph: Sander Koning/EPA

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima arrive to officially open the new parliamentary year with a speech outlining the caretaker government's plan and budget policies for 2014. Photograph: Robin Utrecht/Reuters

What initially looks like a pile of chopped logs is an example of world champion body-painter Johannes Stötter's work. He renders his models invisible by merging them into the background scenery. Photograph: Johannes Stötter/Barcroft Media

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A raccoon is offered a treat to celebrate a mid-autumn festival in Kunming, China. Photograph: REX/HAP/Quirky China News

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Tents are pitched during the 2013 International I Camping Festival on Mount Wugongshan, China. The event attracted more than 15,000 campers. Photograph: China Stringer Network/Reuters

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Mexican soldiers and police look for victims of a landslide caused by heavy rains in Xaltepec, Mexico after a tropical storm. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

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A boy carries clothes from his flooded garage in Longmont, Colorado. Seven people were confirmed dead and at least 1,500 homes destroyed in Colorado after a week of torrential rain along the eastern slopes of the Rockies. Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters

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A performer from the Cirque du Soleil poses for a picture in front of the Royal Albert Hall to help launch their production Quidam which opens on 4 January 2014. Photograph: Rick Findler/Barcroft Media

The severely damaged side of the stricken Costa Concordia is visible after the parbuckling operation
succesfully righted the ship around 4am. Photograph: Marco Secchi/Getty Images

Updated at 11.18am BST

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A Nepalese girl wearing traditional dress drinks juice during the Kumari Puja, a mass worship, at the Hanuman Dhoka in Durbar Square in Kathmandu. Photograph: Reuters

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A two-year-old hostage is reunited with his parents. He was rescued near the site of renewed clashes between government troops and rebels in the residential village in Zamboanga city, southern Philippines. Photograph: Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA

Updated at 11.19am BST

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Behind the scenes at the Anya Hindmarsh show at the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, as London Fashion Week continues.
Read all about it here. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Updated at 11.19am BST

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A cloud of ash rises from the crater of Mount Sinabung volcano during a fresh eruption, as seen from the Karo district on Indonesia's Sumatra island. Photograph: Ade Sinuhaji/AFP/Getty Images

Updated at 11.20am BST

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Prince Harry eats a biscuit after a cold chamber training exercise with the 'Walking with the Wounded' South Pole Allied Challenge 2013 British team in Nuneaton. Three teams of wounded service personnel from Britain, the US and the Commonwealth will race 335km to the South Pole in November. Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images

Updated at 11.20am BST

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The Costa Concordia cruise ship upright in the water this morning near the harbour of Giglio, Italy. The salvage operation continued through the night. Photograph: Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images